Asphalt roads typically deteriorate within 10-15 years, requiring expensive overlay, rehabilitation, or reconstruction. Soil Solutions’ Full Depth Reclamation with EBS stabilization extends road life by 10-20 years while dramatically reducing maintenance requirements.
Why Asphalt Roads Fail:
Base Layer Weakness: Most asphalt failures originate due to erosion and water ingress which compromises the integrity of the surface and sub-base layers. This starts with hairline cracks and expands into cracks and collapse into potholes.
Water Infiltration: Asphalt is porous . This porosity allows water to penetrate into the base, causing erosion, weakening, and accelerated failure.
Traffic Loading: Heavy traffic stresses weak bases, causing progressive deterioration, rutting, and eventual structural failure.
How Full Depth Reclamation Extends Road Life:
Superior Base Stabilization: FDR pulverizes the entire asphalt pavement plus underlying base material, creates a deep, homogeneous stabilized base (200-400mm), eliminates weak layers and structural deficiencies, and produces a uniformly strong foundation.
Water Resistance: EBS stabilization creates water-resistant base layer and surface wearing course that prevent infiltration damage, eliminate erosion and weakening, and maintain structural integrity regardless of weather.
Load Distribution: Deep, uniformly stabilized bases distribute traffic loads effectively, eliminate rutting and deformation, and handle heavy traffic without structural distress.
Long-Term Performance:
Roads rehabilitated with FDR and EBS deliver 30-40 year design life (double traditional asphalt), require minimal maintenance (no crack sealing, no patching, no ongoing interventions), resist rutting and structural failure, and maintain smooth riding surfaces for decades.
Maintenance Reduction:
Operators report no crack sealing required, no pothole patching needed, no structural repairs, and minimal surface maintenance compared to traditional asphalt roads.
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